1.   A vertically integrated film company combines development, production, distribution and exhibition.

2.   Ten British and French companies combined to form the Channel Tunnel Group.

3.   The exact ways in which companies combine global and local elements will vary.

4.   Many companies are combining rapidly converging communication technology into one device that can act as a phone, take photographs, and send e-mail.

5.   The California Farm Bureau and several chemicals companies combined to form an opposition group, the Careful Initiative, dubbed the Big Brown by environmentalists.

6.   Small companies combined to survive until they became vast conglomerates squeezing out the smaller shops.

7.   If the bid proceeds the companies will have combined businesses in paint, wood coatings, air filtration and environmental engineering.

8.   Arnault would lose his executive board seat at Guinness if that company combines with GrandMet.

9.   At RKS, the company combines computer-generated and hand-drawn designs to produce elaborate, photo-realistic renderings.

10.   Both are excellent mice, but I sure wish either company would combine the best attributes of both into one.